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The Belize Energy Workers Union remains gingerly upbeat tonight following a meeting with Labor Minister, Godwin Hulse, in an effort to break the deadlock in negotiations with the principals of B.E.L. The meeting today comes on the tail end of a series of a peaceful three-day demonstration staged by the membership of the union earlier […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Following today’s meeting with Minister Hulse, another sit down has been scheduled with the management of the company before a decision can be met. When asked if the intercession of the Labor Minister and the outcome of their presentation indicate a break in the impasse, Mora says not so fast. The union is awaiting an […]
Firebrand activist Geovanni Brackett, President of Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action, COLA, is taking aim once again at Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington, this time for comments made about the halted FOB project in the vicinity of the Sarstoon River. COLA is also taking umbrage to the notion that Belize would be proceeding to […]
COLA’s position on the issue of the construction of an F.O.B. in the Sarstoon echoes that of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and Vision Inspired by the People. Brackett reiterates that it goes without saying that the coastguard installation would be built on Belizean soil, and as such there is absolutely no need […]
On the heels of a call from the People’s National Party for Elrington’s immediate resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs, COLA is following suit, demanding that he vacates the post forthwith. Geovanni Brackett, President, COLA “We are completely annoyed and disgusted with the way the minister is handling this situation. We have called for […]
Police Constable Dean Perez Junior was found guilty of theft and is on remand at the Belize Central Prison until next week Monday when the Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith will sentence him for crime. Perez has been on interdiction since last year had has nine years of service under his belt. His attorney Leroy […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Months after she was allegedly raped, a seventeen year old girl has made a report to the police. The teenager from Belize City claims that her stepfather raped her last November. According to the report she made to police, the heinous crime took place when her mother was not at home. The girl told police […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Also in Belize City, there is a report of a missing thirteen year old girl. The minor, Jacqueline Carmen Calderon, a student who resides in the Southern Foreshore area of the city reportedly went to a restaurant on Albert Street to purchase phone credit on Tuesday. Calderon has not been seen or heard from since […]
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This coming Tuesday, a special forum will be held at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts by the Office of the Organization of American States and the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministers of Belize and Guatemala, Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales, will address the forum on diplomatic issues and the culture of peace […]
In the early hours of July sixth, journalist Kareem Clarke was gunned down as he rode his bike down Vernon Street. To date, his tragic murder remains unsolved, just one of many in a city turned war-zone. But the young reporter’s memory has been kept alive by his family and friends, colleagues and all whose […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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The Fifth Anniversary Edition of Flavors of Belize was launched today at the Biltmore. The publication which celebrates local cuisine boasts colourful pages of local recipes and restaurants, as well as travel information through feature stories. The brand was created back in 2010 by Tanya McNab of McNab Publishing Limited and has a print run […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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The Institute of Sustainable Livelihood Leadership and Exchange has sixteen at risk youth, twelve from Belize City and four from Cayo, enrolled in a program that seeks to equip them with skills for them to obtain employment in electrical, plumbing, welding, mechanic trades and even cosmetology. It’s an effort to get the young people to […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Over a month ago attorney Marcel Cardona was taken before the General Legal Council to answer to an allegation that he had overcharged a client for services – and even worse, that he told the client that he needed the money to bribe a Magistrate. Word in legal circles was that Cardona had been suspended […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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In this segment of Healthy Living we discuss speech therapy. In Belize, the Inspiration Center offers these services to children with speech impediments to help them overcome the frustration of being unable to communicate. The therapy helps them to acquire the necessary skills to increase their oral and written language abilities. The Center has a […]
Written on July 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington arrived back in country today after working visits in both Washington and Mexico. Just before he left last Thursday, in an exclusive interview with News Five, we asked him about the explosive revelation that Guatemala was opposing the construction of a Coast Guard Forward Operating Base on the mainland at […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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But with the construction of the F.O.B. on hold, the Vision Inspired by the People is joining the National Trade Union Congress of Belize in demanding that the coast guard proceed with the construction of the base near the mouth of the Sarstoon River. The call by both organizations is contrary to Guatemala’s position that […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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The bold move by the N.T.U.C.B., according to Rogers, is an about-face from the trade union’s flip-flop on the Petrocaribe issue. Patrick Rogers, Vision Inspired by the People “I must give big kudos before I turn over the mic to Brother Hubert, to the N.T.U.C.B. They put out that powerful statement establishing that, N.T.U.C.B. […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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Those comments by the Vision Inspired by the People have also been expressed, to a large extent and just as vocally, by the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the People’s National Party, which today called for the immediate resignation of Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington. Those parties take huge offence, to put it mildly, […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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And then there has been speculation that there exists a secret document which envisions, in some form or fashion, both countries going to the ICJ without going to a referendum. Foreign Minister Elrington shot that down in a hurry, and went further to say that there will be no negotiation with Guatemala because G.O.B. is […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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Just about an hour before taking to the streets on the final day of a series of protests which began on Monday, BEWU President Marvin Mora received a telephone call from Minister of Labor Godwin Hulse. The conversation was essentially a request for the Belize Energy Workers Union to make a presentation to Hulse in […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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In an interview with B.E.L.’s Public Relations Manager on Tuesday, Vonetta Burrell informed that the company ensured that its employees were being paid, despite losing money consistently since 2011. According to Burrell, the staff has been receiving twenty percent average increase, along with annual bonuses of about six percent for the past four years. We […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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The break in negotiation has left a bitter taste in the mouth of the union. Mora says if B.E.L. has no intention of adjusting the wages of its employees, it should come forward and say so openly. Likewise, if the minister’s attempt at resolving the labor dispute fails then it is up to the membership […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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In political news, at least twelve standard bearers and some executive members of the People’s United Party boycotted on Tuesday a meeting at Independence Hall. We are told the absence included six standard bearers from the north, three from the Belize district and the others from the Cayo district. News Five has today been reliably […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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The charred remains of a man were found about four hundred feet from the Bermudian Landing Bridge since last Saturday. But are the remains that of Kelvin Usher, a Ladyville resident who went missing last Thursday? While the family of Usher believes it is, they have not been able to have closure because police have […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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It’s been almost two weeks since Hope Creek resident, Leopold Myvette, was shot and killed in the south by police officers attached to the Dangriga Police Formation. Police say that construction worker pointed a gun at them and they responded with gunfire. Myvette was shot to the shoulder, abdomen and thigh and collapsed behind a […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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